Dry Cleaning
Fox Cleaners uses the Sanitone Dry Cleaning Process.   Sanitone removes and suspends more soil than any other process.  Dry cleaning uses fluids to remove soils and stains from fabrics.  Among the advantages of dry cleaning is its ability to dissolve grease and oils in a way that water cannot.   Natural fibers such as wools and silks dry clean beautifully, but can shrink, distort, and lose color when washed in water.  Synthetic fibers like polyester also respond well to dry cleaning, whereas they can retain oily stains after washing.  Dry cleaning helps to return garments to a "like-new" condition using precautions to prevent shrinkage, loss of color, and change of texture or finish.

How does a dry cleaner wash your clothes?  There are two types of garment cleaning:  wet cleaning and dry cleaning.  Dry cleaning is suitable for delicate fabrics and other clothes which cannot be washed by water.   Dry cleaning is a method to wash dirt and stains by using a solvent instead of water.  This is a very effective way to remove fatty stains, without changing the garment shape and altering the texture and the color of the fabric materials.  Dry cleaning is less effective for washing dirt that are easily soluble in water.

What is dry cleaning?  Dry cleaning uses fluids to remove soil and stains from fabric.  In fact, the term "dry cleaning" is misleading;  it is called dry cleaning because the fluid contains little or no water and does not penetrate the fibers as water does.

Among the advantages of dry cleaning is its ability to dissolve greases and oils in a way that water cannot.  Dry cleaning helps to return garments to a "like-new" condition using precautions to prevent shrinkage, loss of color, and fabric distortion.

The dry cleaning process begins with the pretreatment of spots and stains using special cleaning agents.  The garments are then loaded into a machine resembling an oversized front-loading home washer.  Throughout the cleaning process the fluid is filtered or distilled to ensure its clarity.

Today, the solvent used by almost 90% of all dry cleaners is perchloroethylene, commonly known as "perc."  It is completely non-flammable and non-combustible, of relatively low toxicity, and can be effectively reused and recycled.

What is wet cleaning?  Wet cleaning starts with the pretreatment of spots and stains using special cleaning agents.  Wet cleaning is the process of removing soils from garments and other textile items through the use of water and additives (such as detergent) and using precautions to prevent shrinkage, loss of color, and fabric distortion.